Here’s to original blockbusters! On Friday 73% of you picked Super 8 to win the weekend, and you were right on the money. The film many counted out because of its lack of stars and mysterious marketing campaign managed to kick those X-Men to the curb for a spot at the top of the weekend box office with Super 8 racking up $37 million, exceeding all expectations. X-Men: First Class dropped to second place with $25 million, while The Hangover Part II ($18.5 million), Kung Fu Panda 2 ($16.6 million) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($10.8 million) rounded out the top five. The week’s other new wide release, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, scraped up $6.27 million for a seventh place finish.
Now comes the fun part, though: You’ve seen this week’s new releases, so it’s time to tell us what you thought. Did Super 8 live up to your expectations? Was the creature cool enough? How does this summer’s original blockbuster compare to the sequels, reboots and comic adaptations that we’ve seen already? And what about Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer? Sound off below by voting in our weekly polls …
